This is my old development blog for my project Cube World.
There is now an official site: picroma.com.
The game is still in development and not available for download. Be careful of fake downloads.

2012/07/07

Cube World News

Homepage

I'm currently very busy with the offical game homepage. I'm programming it with C++. How cool is that? :D It will contain a forum, a blog, and probably an item and monster database.
The homepage isn't done yet, but I'll keep you up-to date in this blog.

Multiplayer

There's a separate server application and everyone will be able to host his own server. It's currently Windows-only but a Linux port should be no problem because it has basically no dependencies except Winsock. I'm also planning to include an in-game server browser which allows you to easily connect to different servers from the client. Of course, you can also play completely offline.

Release?

I know many of you want me to release the game in its current state. This might work for a sandbox game but it doesn't work well for an action RPG like Cube World. We still need to add things like a start screen, menues, save slots and character creation, more content and need to finish the homepage. I don't know how long this will take but we're doing our best to finish everything as soon as possible.

New Features

Today we had a funny three-player online multiplayer session. I made some screenshots and will use them to illustrate a few new features that we've added so far.

As you can see there is now a chat window in the lower left. In the screenshots we use cheating commands to change our names. There's also a /level command which allows you to reach any desired level. :P Of course I'll remove that in the final game. :)

Let's go exploring! Look, there's a new pet.

I hope you like my moustache. :P

There are now land name captions which fade in and out whenever you enter a different land.

You can now also crouch (see Pixxie in the background). When crouching you can sneak past enemies and also climb walls.

Streets sometimes have streetlights. You'll probably find a village when you follow a street.

Some impressions from our exploration....

We found a village. Each village has shops, inns and towers...

There is a sage in each tower which can identify things for you.

There are different kinds of shops: item shops, weapon shops and armor shops.

Each shop has a different range of products. The bow in the screenshot has rarity level 1. The maximum rarity level is 4 but you'll get such rare items only from rare bosses.

Everybody, I think this is it. He said he was going to add the nessesry (fail) things like saves, start up screens, and character selections. I bet if we wait till the next update, I bet, will get an early alpha/beta version. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn good luck!

Maybe then yogscast would stop with their shitty game, no offense to those who actually like them. But Wollay is far superior to them. Maybe talk to people who are universally respected on the web.Nobody hates egoraptor as far as I know. He has some sort of game related youtube series with JohnTron now.

Maybe approaching it from a different perspective. How about a web comic artist? Awkward Zombie? No... Penny Arcade! Not only does nobody dislike them, as opposed to youtubers like that biscuit fellow and yogscast, but they're THE most popular thing on the entire web! They even have their own convention!

Getting them to talk about the excellency of cube world will get everyone to love your game to death!

How about approaching a web comic artist? Awkward Zombie? No... Penny Arcade! Not only does nobody dislike them, as opposed to youtubers like that biscuit fellow and yogscast, but they're THE most popular thing on the entire web! They even have their own convention!I would highly recommend you talk to them about it. But what do I know, you said you already have youtube connections so I'll let you do what you want :D

Hey Wollay, I have this idea that you COULD have digging and rather than collecting dirt or sand from it. You would have the minerals on your shovel and have to place it somewhere else before you pick up anymore.

Wollay, I must say this is an amazing game. But I'm getting tired of checking here every day to see if you finally posted something new. So now I have a request, please just post every tiny thing you do and add a screenshot of it. Would very appreciate it.

I really dislike the amount of people begging for a demo I guess patience is not a virtue to some people. I hope you do well on this game take your time. Don't feel pressured by other people because you are not doing what they want. I see them as those little 5 year old children at the toy store begging there parent to get them the toy they want. I plan to wait as long as it takes for the game to be good. So to all those other people quit asking for a alpha and beta an just wait go outside or play a different game if you can't then find something to do other then acting like little children begging for what you can't have.

I'm not asking for an Alpha, i'm not asking for a Beta, i'm not asking for 12 chapter blog posts every day... But just some acknowledgement that this project is still active, and not abandoned. Even a single blog post stating a break period, or a minor addition, at least once a fortnight, would restore my faith in Cube World... These monthly gaps, however, are really disappointing and unconvincing.

The Cube world project isnt even far away to be abandoned. This post its a proof of that. But i am agree with you in one thing. A post each 2 or 3 months isnt a really good thing to all the people that are truelly mad for this game (in the good way). So i recomend to Wollay that, a weekly post if it isnt so hard. Some picks of what he is doing will be enough to our hungry of this game :D

Wollay, this game looks absolutely stunning! You have attained quite a bit of support over this development process, and I recommend that you use kickstarter.com in order to get more support and money from your amazing work thus far. It may also be smart to offer some large Youtubers a copy of this game so that they can do a spotlight for it. Just my two cents. :)

its not, look at month difference between that last one and this one, HE IS ONLY ONE PERSON! he said he was adding all of the rpg mechanics such as: character stats and saves! though are rather large and kinda important! and he is also working an the main site! so CALM DOWN!!!!

That "one person" is bad excuse. Nobody can prove what he's worked on, only what he HAS to still work on. He has a twitter, he CAN use it to tell us what progress has been made. It's disappointing and unconvincing when a developer gives the silent treatment to their community.

Or MAY BE, he is not as addicted as you are or i am to the web. And he likes to spent some time on his free time to his family doing other thing that being in a PC posting everything that he had worked on.

But, well, if i were him, i would post every 2 week, or a month. But dont pressure him, if he actually has to take a year more, or 2, or 10, what is the problem? There is tons of indie games and big games to play while he finish his masterpiece. Learn patience dude, you need that.

Christ, I am NOT asking for daily updates, I am NOT asking for 24/7 feedback, I am NOT asking for hourly tweets. What I am asking for is acknoledgement (yeah, yeah, lrn2spell) of activity (sheesh, I cannot think of different words from a similar post a little below) and if possible (keywords) more game info to speculate on.

Also, seriously? Addicted to the internet? It's been nearly a month and a half since ANY response, it's not like he usually posts an update every other day and I'm Q_Qing over 3 days since an update. This is different. If he takes many years to do this, that's his choice; I will very likely to still be here, but don't blame the community for wondering if this is vaporware if it ever takes that long.

P.S. Don't hold indie developers to the standard they can do no evil' I've seen indie developers scam people on multiple occasaions (and no, I'm not referring to Terarria, if that's what you think).

Oh wait nigga ,you messing up with my people??ok ,do this ,BRAZILIAN PEOPLE NEEDS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE!!!!!!!!A fucking tv is behind those monkey brains!They are all a bunch of ASSHOLES ,but at the other side ,there is some good persons like me ,so please ,do not generalize.

Okay then, when i said that brazillians are a piece of shit? I said that they crashed the site of Epic Inventor because some famous youtuber sent they in the site, and the host didnt supported a lot of people connected at the same time.

Fucking listen dude, we aren't going to wait on your slow ass forever. 99.2% of the product we see here was in it a year ago. We don't even have the chance to give you our money yet and I'm already fucking bored of the game.

Did you really just say "nigga". Oh wow. You should be banned from playing this game. If you ever dared say that to me in real life believe that I will make sure your tongue does not have the audacity to curl up to produced the letter 'n'.

hi Wollayfirst thing i want to thank you million time for making this gameand the only problem for me is .... HOW THE HECK AM I GOING TO GET THIS GAME?i am not going to wait lot's of time just till it is Free or some hackers go and crack it to Free Game or somthingfor me i am from a country that not Connected by that i mean :*we dont have internet 24/7*we dont have markets that sell's Real Microsoft games *all hacked and cracked**even PS1-2-3 and xbox game's here are Cracked from the internet

so how can i buy your game?are u going to make it with a Credit Card or something over the internet?

and btw if u ever need anyhelp or something we all going to be here for you ^_^i hope u finish what u start the way u want it

and btw if u want i can start telling people about it so u get more fans and subscribe'ers :D byee for now ^__^

well Wollay kinda seems like me, i add one thing to a project i have been working on then i have to test the very small thing to see if it works. then i get nothing done, AND when i update it to the public, i get overexcited about the work i have already done due to the positive feedback and just end up quitting for a bit. idk, i'm weird. he is probably doing stuff, just not showing it. as i would if i wanted to get something done.

Wallah, you have made one hell of a game here. Probably one of the best indie games around. If you don't mind me asking, was your idea of the graphics from 3D dot hero? It seems to have the same sort of art style, even for weapons and houses, but that may just be me... Also, will there be some sort of cross-server storage so I could say, go on one server and get some loot, dump it in a storage to make room in my inventory, go over to single player, and it will be ere in storage? I think that would be a beneficial idea. Also, please don't release a beta, it would be better to just release it once it's in a finished state. Also, I'll character creation/customization be added, and if so will it be done like 3D dot hero where you do it in game, or like minecraft where you do it all server-side?

I like how the game is going, however from a developmental point of view, I think this is a bit off. The homepage should be very general, to start. You should be tweaking the game, as the time to work on the homepage is when you have people testing the game. To start off, I'd make the webpage just have a BUY NOW button that is 'greyed out' until it is buyable, so people know they cannot buy it yet. Also have a small FAQ section. But forums are NOT necessary until the game comes out.

Dear Wollay (no, i'm not sure why i have a formal greeting),I have a question and a suggestion.

Question: In the FAQ section it says it'll be released when it's done. Do you mean "Done, no more updates screw it" or like, "Done, this should have enough play time in it for me to add some more content for another update". I guess what I meant is, will the game be updated after the release? (Im assuming yes, but hey, just making sure).

Suggestion: For the official website, I think there should be a section with more in-depth for FAQ. Im not saying "Ok, so there are 182 different colors on this monster, and (blah blah blah)". Just somewhere where people can ask questions about the game (at least until it's released) and you, or others who can quote a post where you answered it on here, can answer those questions.

Apparently Wollay isn't working alone anymore: "Armored pets is a cool idea. Currently we're still adding many different pet types with different body shapes so we still have to wait and see how we can handle it and how much work it would be (designing armor for each pet type)" He says were in his comment so that may mean other people are working with him.

Wait... "action RPG like Cube World"? I thought it was a "exploration RPG"? I was getting into the idea of exploring different worlds. I can pick up a action RPG anywhere. Are you changing direction or just a typo>?

Hi wollay, Pleeeeeease post something. at the beginning my entire group of friends were hyped for this game. but now we hardly even care. We used to check this site everyday just to see what was new, but its now been so long since announce. In the f.a.q you said it would be released in a few months but now its been over a year. I don't mean to be a hater, but it is very frustrating checking every day and not getting anything for more than 2 months.

On Thursday on the official Cube World facebook page Wollay posted this in reply to Yannis Chevalier's comment made about whether he was alive... "Cube World Yes, I was just on holiday. :) I hope to post something new soon." Halleluyah!

On Thursday on the official Cube World facebook page Wollay posted this in reply to Yannis Chevalier's comment made about whether he was alive... "Yes, I was just on holiday. :) I hope to post something new soon." Halleluyah! >:D

Hey, have you ever heard of a game called Voxelus? It's still being developed, but it's almost like a UCG/Sandbox version of your game. It started up in I think... February maybe... but basically you create pixel worlds similar to your design. http://www.voxelus.com/ for the website, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0kKW-s2Ivs#ws is a sneak preview of the game.

yo wollaywhere are you dude, i have ready-ed lots of ideas and things u should change or add but i cant just post it here .... you have to be so you can read it i hope we can meet soon ... Very Soon always supporting you ... Ririx :D

Screw you. you are mad because he's taking his time? because he's making sure he has a good game and not some shitty one? your mad because he's taking the time actually making the game instead of telling you what he's doing? You're a jackass.

Holy shit dude. Don't let this be like Duke Nukem Forever. Don't let the game hype up to much. If you take to long and the game turns out to be less them perfect. Well lets just say that people will hate you and the game.

Hmm seems awesome so far :D, but the only thing I did not like is how you get to the villages but that is just my opinion :3. Anyway's if you could show this game to a creature like slyfox and let him make a video about it that would be amazing :) I know you have popular youtuber's that you can contact but I think slyfox would love this game a lot and would play it endlessly :)

hmmm, pretty sure something strange is going on. NEVER any updates, even just to say things are still progressing and he is still working on the game. People keep saying he is was on holiday... but that was also over a week ago.. what he can only manage a 1 line response/update in 2-3 months? wow talk about disrespect for the community.

He is probably working his but off on the website and the game... Just watch the next update you will be like "Tottaly worth the wait!!" and remember it is just him and his wife that are working on this game, as much as I do believe it has been a while, I don't think it's disrespectful to the community

I have to say, I'm really irritated with all of this waiting.The issue is, no matter how mad I get that new information is rare, I still find myself checking back here frequently. I respect and Admire that Wollay is doing this on his own, but since none of us can play the game yet, it would be cool to see a few more videos, or maybe get more frequent updates? I've been waiting for this game since, about.. A little before August of 2011. I don't want to be one of the many people who, for some reason, bash on the game/creator. The game looks beautiful, and no matter what I plan to buy it, regardless of it's release date.

Try and do us all a favor, Wollay, and post a little fan service would you?

I think that this game is going to be amazing! This looks like the perfect combo of minecraft,Zelda,and other RPG games. They are well balanced so they all don't top the other during gameplay!I'm more pumped about this game than any other game ever!!!!

wollay you should publish that big marvelous game in the playstation 3 network. I know the ps4 will go out but it would be cool and Whatever the price is (ok not over 50) i will buy it. Is a masterpiece from masterchief!

and can you, this update, put a fix that raise Frame per seconde and decrease Lag?My pc can run it well. =/

About me & Contact

This is my development blog for Cube World and Plasma. If you have any questions, send me an email: wollay@picroma.com
Please understand that I can't answer all emails, especially with questions answered in the FAQ. :)